Added on February 26, 2021
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the inaugural address at the opening ceremony of the second Khelo India Winter Games to be held at Gulmarg in north Kashmir from February 26 to March 2. Modi will attend the inauguration of the five-day long event via video conferencing on Friday, the Press Information Bureau […]
Added on February 26, 2021
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Mumbai: Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Shaktikanta Das on Thursday said there is a need for coordinated action between the centre and state governments to reduce taxes on petrol and diesel prices. There is a need for coordinated action between the centre and states because there are inherent taxes levied by both, the Governor […]
Added on February 26, 2021
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United Nations: India told a UN meeting that a country would be compelled to undertake a pre-emptive strike when confronted by an “imminent armed attack from a non-state actor operating in a third state, as it highlighted several proxy cross-border terror attacks, including one in Pulwama, perpetrated against it from its neighbourhood, a clear reference […]
Added on February 26, 2021
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Police will soon take into custody suspended Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh and Hizbul Mujahideen militant Naveed Babu for their custodial interrogation in a case in which PDP youth wing president Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra has been arrested, officials said on Thursday. According to documents submitted in a court, the Central […]
Added on February 26, 2021
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New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has picked top Indian Railway Traffic Service officer Ranjan Prakash Thakur to help him in the Union Territory’s industrial outreach. Thakur has been appointed as “Principal Secretary to the Government, Industries and Commerce Department,” an order issued by the J-K government said on Thursday. Some weeks […]
Added on February 26, 2021
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Colombo/Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan has offered a USD 50 million new credit line to Sri Lanka to boost cooperation in defence and security sectors. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced the new credit line during his two-day visit to the island nation that concluded on Wednesday, according to a joint communique issued by the foreign ministries […]
Added on February 26, 2021
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New Delhi: In order to reduce pendency of cheque bounce cases which have reached 35 lakh across courts, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Centre whether it can create additional courts for expeditious disposal of such matters. A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices L Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat […]
Added on February 25, 2021
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Colombo: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Wednesday that Kashmir is the only dispute with India and it can only be resolved through dialogue. Addressing the Sri Lanka-Pakistan Trade and Investment Conference which he co-chaired with his counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa in Colombo, Khan said that he offered India an opportunity to hold peace talks […]
Added on February 25, 2021
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Makes bold pitch for privatisation
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday made his strongest pitch for privatisation of non-strategic PSUs, saying the government has no business to be in business and sustaining loss-making units on taxpayers’ money drains resources that could otherwise have been spent on public welfare schemes. He said about 100 under-utilised or unutilised assets with […]
Added on February 25, 2021
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Calls opposition leader ‘superficial’
New Delhi: Amid a political slugfest over Rahul Gandhi’s ‘north-south’ comment, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday called the opposition leader “superficial” and said “insulting Indians” was Gandhi’s “favourite pastime”. Javadekar also said the Congress leader has been severely admonished on social media while his cabinet colleague Ravi Shankar Prasad asserted that the remarks have […]
